More quirks, fewer jerks.

June 25, 2007

OAD's Top Ten Pet Peeves As Brought to Light This Weekend

10. No Milton Bradley. It just sucks.9. Offensive shutdown. We hate it!8. When pitchers who just got rocked say that they had "good stuff." Or that the "felt good, but couldn't make 'the out' pitch." Or worse, that they "felt great in the bullpen" and seem genuinely puzzled by the fact that they totally sucked on the actual mound. Ahem, Joe Kennedy. We're talking to you. 7. Fluff pieces about defense by Kendall apologists. They say: Kendall is sooo important to the pitching staff. We say: oh please, give us a break! We are huge Ray Fosse fans, but he really needs to stop trying to convince the world that Jason has all this hidden value that only old-school catcher afficionados like himself can truly appreciate. 6. The Angels. Just in general. They drive us frigging crazy.5. An interleague schedule that causes the A's to play the Mets while the Angels play the Pirates, and not vice versa for the rest of the season. 4. That the A's have to follow up three brutal games against the Mets with a trip to Cleveland.3. The fact that Esteban Loiaza was in Las Vegas this weekend gambling away some of his huge salary that he's not exactly "earning" while on the DL. In some ways, Vegas seems like a cool place to rehab. But then when we think about having to make do with Joe Kennedy and Lenny DiNardo, we get really irritated by the lack of E. Lo. This probably makes us haters, but it's the truth. Plus, when we saw him in Vegas, Steve was wearing a really stupid looking shirt.2. Injuries. So many injuries. 1. Did we mention how much we hate when the A's offense shuts down?